The awards recognise newspaper excellence in advertising, printing and production, layout and typography as well as the balanced use of pictures and graphics.

Winners of the Frewin Award are:

  • Winner: Beeld;
  • Runner-up: Die Burger; and
  • Commended: The Star.


The Frewin Award category recognises urban daily newspapers with a circulation above 50 000.

Winners of the McCall Award are

  • Winner: The Witness;
  • Runner-up: Volksblad; and
  • Commended: Pretoria News.


The McCall Award category, which honours urban daily newspapers with a circulation of
50 000 or less.

The winners of the Joel Mervis Award are: 

  • Winner: Rapport;
  • Runner-up: Naweek Beeld; and
  • Commended: City Press.


The Joel Mervis category, recognising urban weekly newspapers irrespective of their circulation.

For more information on Print and Digital Media South Africa, visit www.pdmedia.org.za.